I can't even imagine what walking into my shop and looking at a 308 racecar project and a Quattro street build would feel like. I hope that counts for something on days where you feel less than motivated.
I went with PK Coilovers in Poland for the suspension on my UrS6. The owner Piotr is an extremely awesome guy, he went and personally pulled front uprights from a guy parting out a 100 quattro to cut, machine, and cnc new billet steering arms for my S6. I highly recommend them since as you will find out finding parts for Ur cars or any 80's/90's Quattro will become quite frustrating at times. Essentially when you find something you need or will need in the future buy a few of them. Also make sure you go to EFI express and get the thermostat housing, coolant temp sensor T, and coolant connection at the back of the block for the AAN. DO NOT USE ANY OEM PLASTIC. They are notorious for failing.
I know people appreciate all the work you do in every single video you put together but can we just take a minute to appreciate having to set the camera up, changing angles of the video, remembering what you have and haven’t done alongside that. Incredible considering it’s free so a like and comment from me will be a standard across all videos, I think it’s the least we can all do.
Man...you're absolutly right. The effort from Mike is amazing. He's making progress on the cars and still taking B-rolls, detail shots and all those amazing angles, postproduction, etc...Huge respect...I love the chill vibe from his videos.
I started as an Audi mechanic at the first and largest Audi dealer in the country in 1973. I have had my own Audi repair facility for the last 39 years, and have done this job many times. It is very entertaining and fun to watch you work. Thank-you, and good luck.
On those lower balljoints, it's not actually tapered like a typical ball joint, it's just straight. The easy way to crack those loose is yes, remove the bolt, but then hammer a chisel into the slot to open up the clamp and help the shank slide out.
I'd have to imagine the strut removal process is as easy as it is because they were planning on running it in rally competitions. Design it with easy replaceable parts you'd most likely going through with that kind of abuse from the get-go. The ease for the few buyers of the consumer models are just a bonus!
Man love this channel and the projects, wanted to give one tip if you’re going for a 5 cylinder 20V motor...Please MAKE SURE you’re going with EFI dump the mechanical injection because they are a nightmare to work with..Changing to EFI is well worth the money and will save you many many maaaany headaches in the future..
Awesome!!! I once had a 1984 Audi 5000 Turbo and I loved it!!! As a kid, I wanted a coupe GT or a 944. Today, as an old fart, the 944 turbo is in my garage.
One hundred percent agreed on that ball joint removal tool. That thing is a modern day marvel and I've used it on everything from old racecar Rabbits to my Toyota Tacoma and it works flawlessly every time.
My dad is a VW and Audi specialist in south africa, i have sent him the videos and asked him what he would recommend. Will come back with another comment on some advice for these things. Also 13mm 17mm 21mm 27mm and the lost 10mm and 11mm sockets will be your most used sockets with these cars. Dont know why but growing up i used them way more than all the others, especially the 13mm. I called out the balljoint issue as well when i saw the bolt still in there. and had a good laugh at your solution. Thank you for the chuckle That said, i cant wait for more videos andf updates on this and also your camera work man.... best ive seen in an auto channel on youtube, well freaking done.
Mate, i love how honest and modest you are when it comes to both learning and admitting your faults. Sadly i think all of us have been caught out by "that guy" who claims to have all the good parts that fit and work, and i for one have been there and feel for you. Keep your chin up and keep fighting the good fight bud. Much love and respect from the land down under !!
This is a beautiful and important motor car. From the 5 cylinder engine to the drive train and the sporty hatch/wedge design cues (and it's heritage}, this is one of the greats.The You Tuber - 'Sarah -n- Tuned', has an 'Ur- Quattro' also and I believe she may be creating an episode about it this week or next. A worthy successor to the Ferrari.
I never tire of people who are first timers to working on and discovering these cars. Sure, this one is pretty dang clean and everything came apart easily, but still, they are fairly simple and easy to work on. There would have been a small plastic plier to pull those lug bolt caps out. Those strut housings are amazingly clean too! Looking forward to the next video already!
Fun fact: The rear axle is a 180 degree turned frontaxle from a Audi. Be aware that some parts on the rear one differs in the first 2 years. So order parts carefully with reference to the FIN. My garage struggled with it a lot on my 81 Quattro
I remember being a little kid in the UK running around in the woods watching these Audis rallying in the RAC and Mintex which was pre WRX days. That's when these cars dominated the rally scene. They would crash pretty spectacular too. I recall a bunch of us trying to roll one upright, man it was so much fun in those days !!!!
As I have said many many times. Love this channel and your enthusiasm for your projects is easy to catch. A simple reminder. They have these things called “Books”. Bentley publishes some of the best repair manuals out there for all Europe cars. Get the manual on dvd, thumb drive, pdf you name it but there is a guide out there to help diy’ers get the job done. Love what you do!!
Mark at EFI Express in NH is a wealth of 5 cylinder and old Audi information. Super nice dudes up there, busy but seemingly find the time for a nice chat on the phone. Always answered my questions about my 7A/AAN swapped 924.
I started watching this channel thinking he’s stolen his name from an old blog I used to read back in the day. So glad to see it was this dude who was running that blog 👍🏽🔥
These struts are almost identical to a pre ‘94 Polo (Audi 50 chassis). Koni actually supply a tool for the top mount removal with their dampers. Which is a drilled hex bar with two lugs milled out of the face. Best solution use in conjunction with a half nut to locate it whilst breaking it free.
I can't wait till you start working on the Quattro, I absolutely love those car's and that sound that only a 5 cylinder engine can make!! And I'm so relieved that your able to put in another Audi engine, that's if the one that's in now is completely shot and unable to save it. Love the channel, keep on with the awesome content.
Great driving machine I loved mine I thought I was going to cry when I sold it and I still regret. Take your time and get it all setup and you'll love it.
Brother, I am loving this project. And also, it is very evident that you have a gifted eye for production value in these vids. Off the chart in fact for the number of subs you have. Keep it coming!!
Use the stock differential and gearbox. Works just fine! A Flywheel from a 3b engine and a Sachs 707 clutch. IF you can get hold of an 01E gearbox you can swap that in with modified gearbox-mounts and a mix up of parts from a Audi S4 (1992-1994) and the original gearshift…stuff. (don’t know the english word).
If you have trouble sourcing oem/aftermarket wheel bearings, you should try a specialist bearing supplier/company. They might surprise you and have some random tractor bearing or similar that is an exact fit?
I love working on older cars. You share the same passion as I do for cars, I'm sure you are going to figure it out. You are thorough and plan things out so that every part of the car is done right. Just like the Ferrari, the Audi is going to turn out amazing.
A little tip to get recalcitrant tapered joints out is to bind the rubber gaiter in a strip of wet rag then simply warm the taper area with a gas torch and they generally fall out. P.S. that isn’t a rally quatro, it’s a quatro coupe, the rally quatro was based on a four door car with a much steeper windscreen. They simply cut and shut the car to get the short wheelbase. Why? I don’t know
would LOVE LOVE LOVE a little behind the scenes how you plan and shoot your videos. I know the work and time it must take to produce them at such high quality is alot. Keep it up!
When you take the crankwheel off, get a HUGE breaker bar. Do not use an impactgun. The keyway is known to fail if you do so. A 6ft breaker bar should do the trick to loosen the bolt. Oh, and the torque that is thightened with, get a 3/4" torquewrench. I've broken a 3/4" to 1/2" impactadapter trying to thighten one of those crankbolts
I gotta say your Quattro looks really clean so far! Maybe it was garaged most of its life, or has a history of good owners that cared for it. I hope this good fortune continues as you get further into it.
Just started working on my 82 coupe. Super stoked to see this build come together! Dave is a great guy, talked to him a handful of times on the small chassis Audi pages and he lives not far from me. If you got any parts you're getting rid of I may be able to use them. Got a long way to go with my car. lol Look forward to the next video, thanks for sharing!
loving this. get yourself a quickjack 5000TL! GAME CHANGER for me and perfect for your open spot you often work on cars. great for 95% of the time when you just need the car off the ground, but dont need to stand under it. like ferrari and Audi. the new ones also raise an extra 3" (24" total) which is perfect height for me on a creeper. im not sponsored, paid for mine after 20 years of jack stands. its been crazy usefull for all my racecars.
Paused at 2:17 to say, I owned and worked on an 02 a4 1.8t Quattro with no audi knowledge going in. Did a clutch (trans out on my garage floor), water pump/ timing (put it in service mode) replaced all the old plastic coolant flanges (which on the Quattro are sandwiched between the back of the engine and the firewall so you can't see but one bolt holding them in)..... as an answer to what you said right before this point, yes....I do know how this will go for you. Paused again at 5:39, you'll likely find more of that, I recall several spots the 1.8t had proprietary tooling required, I was able to order the tools from my local dealership.
If you are looking for good manuals about any car, I would recommend "Haynes car manuals". I have bought one for regular Fiestas in the past, but it has come in handy for my Fiesta ST200 multiple times.
U should check out Ken blocks Audi he brought from Germany, it’s on the hoonigan channel. There’s a company in Germany that makes these cars in the same spec as the rally versions (putting 2 halves together) but for road use, perhaps they might have some parts that they custom make for these cars
Quattro time. I will also add THANK YOU for the link for the driver set. This is EXACTLY what I needed especially after doing a diff seal replacement on a 308 a few weeks back. This tool will be invaluable.
The exact car that Subaru stole its idea for symmetrical AWD from in the early 80's! Still love the e28 more than anything... I'm stuck in sentimental mode from my first 2 BMWs though... Wish I still had the 2nd one at least...
Love it as always! Wonder if they made the suspension easily serviceable, given they would have wanted them quickly and easily serviceable during a rally race.
I've worked on ever car that anyone actually wants (German Italian and Japanese) Audi's are second only to Porsche for stopping the technician in his tracks to think, "that's a good idea why doesn't everyone do that "
Tapered ball joints held in by a bolt are still a thing in the VW/Audi and also Mercedes world. Sometimes they come out easy, sometimes they fight you to the death.
Insert awesome 5 cylinder sounds here ...... This one is going to special when your done with it. Spent a few years working at an old school euro only salvage yard stripping and removing parts for sales. Every time i got near one of these cars i felt bad taking things off them they were meant to drive. I would rip a Volvo or Mercedes apart and smile i hated those things
Since all struts are out, a great time to replace the control arm bushings, 8 in total. About $10/ea. Rather easy work on these cars… simple design and construction.
“Kudos to Audi because that’s the easiest suspension removal I have ever done.” -What I typically say after fighting with old Audi suspension for 4.5 hours, multiple hammers, busted knuckles, and something stuck in my eye.
The reason you need a special tool is because it’s German and that’s what the German’s do I have one of those cars well not the coupe the 4000CS lots of fun working on it 😃!
Great content, hit up the forums for where to go for anything you need. Audi tradition can get some things but have to ship to Canada then to the US. Plenty of good samaritans to help that process along. AAN is pretty stout but that motor looks like New England salt fest. Strip it down and blast/paint everything. 7A valve cover can be swapped over for more of an old school look as well. Cheers and kept at it
ive made a set of coilovers on my 4000 quattro. there easy to make i used ground control springs and sleeves and stuff . i know im just some random dude on youtube but i have a 20v turbo 7a in my car running megasquirt 3 for engine management. if you really want pics i will send them
Also, please please please. Swap out the taillights with some tinted tails from a Coupe Gt, Because if those are Treser tails, you don't want to damage those while working on it. They are probably worth more than the car if they are Treser taillights.
I'll DEFINITELY be picking up one of those steel driver sets!! I absolutely despise having to hunt a junk socket, or a drop piece of solid stock. Usually takes longer to find than to pop out a bearing, etc... THANKS for the link!! Hopefully it's affiliated so you get a lil taste of the top.
You should look if you can get ETKA for your laptop. then you can see what the partnumbers are for your car by entering your vinnumber it shows it in a blueprint the part and car.
I can't even imagine what walking into my shop and looking at a 308 racecar project and a Quattro street build would feel like. I hope that counts for something on days where you feel less than motivated.
It really does. I’ve never felt (nor been) more fortunate and I owe it all to you guys. Thanks for supporting the journey!
Dont forget that Model A!
I went with PK Coilovers in Poland for the suspension on my UrS6. The owner Piotr is an extremely awesome guy, he went and personally pulled front uprights from a guy parting out a 100 quattro to cut, machine, and cnc new billet steering arms for my S6. I highly recommend them since as you will find out finding parts for Ur cars or any 80's/90's Quattro will become quite frustrating at times. Essentially when you find something you need or will need in the future buy a few of them. Also make sure you go to EFI express and get the thermostat housing, coolant temp sensor T, and coolant connection at the back of the block for the AAN. DO NOT USE ANY OEM PLASTIC. They are notorious for failing.
I know people appreciate all the work you do in every single video you put together but can we just take a minute to appreciate having to set the camera up, changing angles of the video, remembering what you have and haven’t done alongside that. Incredible considering it’s free so a like and comment from me will be a standard across all videos, I think it’s the least we can all do.
It’s a whole lot of work I’ll tell ya that. Thanks for the support!
Man...you're absolutly right. The effort from Mike is amazing. He's making progress on the cars and still taking B-rolls, detail shots and all those amazing angles, postproduction, etc...Huge respect...I love the chill vibe from his videos.
In complete agreement
I started as an Audi mechanic at the first and largest Audi dealer in the country in 1973. I have had my own Audi repair facility for the last 39 years, and have done this job many times. It is very entertaining and fun to watch you work. Thank-you, and good luck.
On those lower balljoints, it's not actually tapered like a typical ball joint, it's just straight. The easy way to crack those loose is yes, remove the bolt, but then hammer a chisel into the slot to open up the clamp and help the shank slide out.
I'd have to imagine the strut removal process is as easy as it is because they were planning on running it in rally competitions. Design it with easy replaceable parts you'd most likely going through with that kind of abuse from the get-go. The ease for the few buyers of the consumer models are just a bonus!
the attachment points on the rally cars were very different than the stock ones!
Man love this channel and the projects, wanted to give one tip if you’re going for a 5 cylinder 20V motor...Please MAKE SURE you’re going with EFI dump the mechanical injection because they are a nightmare to work with..Changing to EFI is well worth the money and will save you many many maaaany headaches in the future..
Awesome!!! I once had a 1984 Audi 5000 Turbo and I loved it!!! As a kid, I wanted a coupe GT or a 944. Today, as an old fart, the 944 turbo is in my garage.
One hundred percent agreed on that ball joint removal tool. That thing is a modern day marvel and I've used it on everything from old racecar Rabbits to my Toyota Tacoma and it works flawlessly every time.
My dad is a VW and Audi specialist in south africa, i have sent him the videos and asked him what he would recommend. Will come back with another comment on some advice for these things. Also 13mm 17mm 21mm 27mm and the lost 10mm and 11mm sockets will be your most used sockets with these cars. Dont know why but growing up i used them way more than all the others, especially the 13mm.
I called out the balljoint issue as well when i saw the bolt still in there. and had a good laugh at your solution. Thank you for the chuckle
That said, i cant wait for more videos andf updates on this and also your camera work man.... best ive seen in an auto channel on youtube, well freaking done.
Mate, i love how honest and modest you are when it comes to both learning and admitting your faults. Sadly i think all of us have been caught out by "that guy" who claims to have all the good parts that fit and work, and i for one have been there and feel for you. Keep your chin up and keep fighting the good fight bud. Much love and respect from the land down under !!
as a bmw guy, i can say that old audi’s will always have special place in my heart.😄🇩🇰
This is a beautiful and important motor car. From the 5 cylinder engine to the drive train and the sporty hatch/wedge design cues (and it's heritage}, this is one of the greats.The You Tuber - 'Sarah -n- Tuned', has an 'Ur- Quattro' also and I believe she may be creating an episode about it this week or next. A worthy successor to the Ferrari.
I never tire of people who are first timers to working on and discovering these cars. Sure, this one is pretty dang clean and everything came apart easily, but still, they are fairly simple and easy to work on. There would have been a small plastic plier to pull those lug bolt caps out. Those strut housings are amazingly clean too! Looking forward to the next video already!
Greatest channel on youtube. no questions.
Fun fact: The rear axle is a 180 degree turned frontaxle from a Audi. Be aware that some parts on the rear one differs in the first 2 years. So order parts carefully with reference to the FIN. My garage struggled with it a lot on my 81 Quattro
Mike you have the absolute best attitude on TH-cam 💜
Thanks!!!!!!
I remember being a little kid in the UK running around in the woods watching these Audis rallying in the RAC and Mintex which was pre WRX days. That's when these cars dominated the rally scene. They would crash pretty spectacular too. I recall a bunch of us trying to roll one upright, man it was so much fun in those days !!!!
I don't understand how this dude only has 130k subs. Amazing content.
The original quattro is weapons grade - can’t wait to see you take this to the next level.
As I have said many many times. Love this channel and your enthusiasm for your projects is easy to catch. A simple reminder. They have these things called “Books”. Bentley publishes some of the best repair manuals out there for all Europe cars. Get the manual on dvd, thumb drive, pdf you name it but there is a guide out there to help diy’ers get the job done. Love what you do!!
Audi did test 4 wheel steering for the UR and decided against it. The rear subframe is just the same as the front with an added diff mount
These are so easy to work on especially when they are this mint!!
Ferrari,Audi,BMW, it doesn’t matter your content is always awesome!
Mark at EFI Express in NH is a wealth of 5 cylinder and old Audi information. Super nice dudes up there, busy but seemingly find the time for a nice chat on the phone. Always answered my questions about my 7A/AAN swapped 924.
The engine you are swapping into this quattro is the dream engine for my 944 but they are so difficult to find in the UK! I'm glued to this swap😁
Mike
Hands down my fav YT channel.
Great cars
Great detail
Nice dialogue
And a fab taste in music overlay.
Keep em coming 💪🤛🤙
I like that the Audi is in its natural environment in the intro, on jack stands😂😂😂😂 Seriously thought, beautiful car and great work as always.
The strut just sitting perfectly straight up on the table hurt my head. 🤟🏼😂
Haha I was hoping I’d confuse someone with that.
That suspension looks mint already 😮
It makes a lot of sense that press kit existed, and I have no idea how I don't have one. Looks SUPER helpful, excited to see more Audi content!
I started watching this channel thinking he’s stolen his name from an old blog I used to read back in the day. So glad to see it was this dude who was running that blog 👍🏽🔥
These struts are almost identical to a pre ‘94 Polo (Audi 50 chassis). Koni actually supply a tool for the top mount removal with their dampers. Which is a drilled hex bar with two lugs milled out of the face. Best solution use in conjunction with a half nut to locate it whilst breaking it free.
I can't wait till you start working on the Quattro, I absolutely love those car's and that sound that only a 5 cylinder engine can make!! And I'm so relieved that your able to put in another Audi engine, that's if the one that's in now is completely shot and unable to save it. Love the channel, keep on with the awesome content.
Great driving machine I loved mine I thought I was going to cry when I sold it and I still regret. Take your time and get it all setup and you'll love it.
Brother, I am loving this project. And also, it is very evident that you have a gifted eye for production value in these vids. Off the chart in fact for the number of subs you have. Keep it coming!!
My Fiero had MacPherson struts in the rear, don't know of any other cars with it! Loving all the builds btw
That thing looks really clean.
Use the stock differential and gearbox. Works just fine! A Flywheel from a 3b engine and a Sachs 707 clutch. IF you can get hold of an 01E gearbox you can swap that in with modified gearbox-mounts and a mix up of parts from a Audi S4 (1992-1994) and the original gearshift…stuff. (don’t know the english word).
Love the Audi. Also if H&R is looking for another friend, I am available.
This is my favorite Audi, if I had a chance to choose from any Audi this model would be it.
If you have trouble sourcing oem/aftermarket wheel bearings, you should try a specialist bearing supplier/company. They might surprise you and have some random tractor bearing or similar that is an exact fit?
Rockauto has wheel bearings in stock
I love working on older cars. You share the same passion as I do for cars, I'm sure you are going to figure it out. You are thorough and plan things out so that every part of the car is done right.
Just like the Ferrari, the Audi is going to turn out amazing.
I'm always excited to learn something new about cars :)
Bucket list car for me. Would kill or die to be able to autocross one of these
What appears to be the most insignificant of details (removal of suspension) I just get such a kick from these vids. Quality work dude 😎
Gotta love these euroboxes man!.
Definitely getting that bushing driver set as a happy-early-birthday-to-myself gift
… by the way, I saw an E36 with a big STANCEWORKS windscreen stickers here in Switzerland. You have some fans here ;-)
That set of drivers is great, I’m going to get a set as well, thanks for the tip
A little tip to get recalcitrant tapered joints out is to bind the rubber gaiter in a strip of wet rag then simply warm the taper area with a gas torch and they generally fall out.
P.S. that isn’t a rally quatro, it’s a quatro coupe, the rally quatro was based on a four door car with a much steeper windscreen. They simply cut and shut the car to get the short wheelbase. Why? I don’t know
would LOVE LOVE LOVE a little behind the scenes how you plan and shoot your videos. I know the work and time it must take to produce them at such high quality is alot. Keep it up!
When you take the crankwheel off, get a HUGE breaker bar. Do not use an impactgun. The keyway is known to fail if you do so. A 6ft breaker bar should do the trick to loosen the bolt. Oh, and the torque that is thightened with, get a 3/4" torquewrench. I've broken a 3/4" to 1/2" impactadapter trying to thighten one of those crankbolts
I bought a 3/4” 500Nm torque wrench to do mine up to the 450Nm spec
I like how this car suspension is so close to cars in Brazil like VW GOL(G1/G4), VOYAGE, PARATI, SANTANA and QUANTUM
So excited to see you work on something comparable with my mk4 gti
I gotta say your Quattro looks really clean so far! Maybe it was garaged most of its life, or has a history of good owners that cared for it. I hope this good fortune continues as you get further into it.
I was thinking this all over, the cleanest example i've seen in my 20 years of Audi ownership...
You can tell someone has really loved that car!
Minus the loose bolts, definitely
Just started working on my 82 coupe. Super stoked to see this build come together! Dave is a great guy, talked to him a handful of times on the small chassis Audi pages and he lives not far from me. If you got any parts you're getting rid of I may be able to use them. Got a long way to go with my car. lol Look forward to the next video, thanks for sharing!
Just got an email stating to reply to claim a prize, is this legit or?
loving this. get yourself a quickjack 5000TL! GAME CHANGER for me and perfect for your open spot you often work on cars. great for 95% of the time when you just need the car off the ground, but dont need to stand under it. like ferrari and Audi. the new ones also raise an extra 3" (24" total) which is perfect height for me on a creeper. im not sponsored, paid for mine after 20 years of jack stands. its been crazy usefull for all my racecars.
Very excited for this build!
Paused at 2:17 to say, I owned and worked on an 02 a4 1.8t Quattro with no audi knowledge going in. Did a clutch (trans out on my garage floor), water pump/ timing (put it in service mode) replaced all the old plastic coolant flanges (which on the Quattro are sandwiched between the back of the engine and the firewall so you can't see but one bolt holding them in)..... as an answer to what you said right before this point, yes....I do know how this will go for you. Paused again at 5:39, you'll likely find more of that, I recall several spots the 1.8t had proprietary tooling required, I was able to order the tools from my local dealership.
Maybe you need an "So wirds gemacht Audi 80/Coupé" book. It is an german book, and it´s very detailed. You should find and old copy on Ebay.
Oh damn..H&R…it’s going to be a very long build…but worthwhile
If you are looking for good manuals about any car, I would recommend "Haynes car manuals".
I have bought one for regular Fiestas in the past, but it has come in handy for my Fiesta ST200 multiple times.
U should check out Ken blocks Audi he brought from Germany, it’s on the hoonigan channel. There’s a company in Germany that makes these cars in the same spec as the rally versions (putting 2 halves together) but for road use, perhaps they might have some parts that they custom make for these cars
Quattro time. I will also add THANK YOU for the link for the driver set. This is EXACTLY what I needed especially after doing a diff seal replacement on a 308 a few weeks back. This tool will be invaluable.
It’s seriously amazing and you’ll love it.
This build is so sick
Can’t wait to see the progress on this. Red is obviously the faster colour as well
Ah merch potentially coming out on payday, nice!
Absolutely love the old coupes, I’m hooked on this
The exact car that Subaru stole its idea for symmetrical AWD from in the early 80's! Still love the e28 more than anything... I'm stuck in sentimental mode from my first 2 BMWs though... Wish I still had the 2nd one at least...
This is a dream build. Very special car. Love your style
Hey! The car's named after you!
Love it as always! Wonder if they made the suspension easily serviceable, given they would have wanted them quickly and easily serviceable during a rally race.
I've worked on ever car that anyone actually wants (German Italian and Japanese) Audi's are second only to Porsche for stopping the technician in his tracks to think, "that's a good idea why doesn't everyone do that "
034 motorsports may help some things. It’s worth a call. Loving the content. Or Eurospec
Thank you for sharing this... awesome stuff!
Audi into F1..
and some Audi content from Mike?
It’s a good day for Audi fans
Dave Pecoraro? What a weird name! 😂 honestly loving the updates and seeing more old Audis on TH-cam! Keep at it!!
Tapered ball joints held in by a bolt are still a thing in the VW/Audi and also Mercedes world.
Sometimes they come out easy, sometimes they fight you to the death.
I know one thing for sure, as long as it's Pre-00's German Car I'm always there.
Can't wait to see the Suspension setup.
Insert awesome 5 cylinder sounds here ...... This one is going to special when your done with it. Spent a few years working at an old school euro only salvage yard stripping and removing parts for sales. Every time i got near one of these cars i felt bad taking things off them they were meant to drive. I would rip a Volvo or Mercedes apart and smile i hated those things
Heh, can't remember what I was working on this year but for me it was also the first time ever I had to reach out for the 11mm socket :)
Looking forward to seeing more about this car, there’s something about a car on Jack stands that really speaks to me
Since all struts are out, a great time to replace the control arm bushings, 8 in total. About $10/ea.
Rather easy work on these cars… simple design and construction.
Again a really Nice project beginning !! Cant wait to see the Ferrari on track. Definitly the best TH-cam Channel !!
I have those kind of plastic nut nutcovers also on my Fiero. I did replace them with new shiny plastics
“Kudos to Audi because that’s the easiest suspension removal I have ever done.”
-What I typically say after fighting with old Audi suspension for 4.5 hours, multiple hammers, busted knuckles, and something stuck in my eye.
The reason you need a special tool is because it’s German and that’s what the German’s do
I have one of those cars well not the coupe the 4000CS lots of fun working on it 😃!
Four wheel steering?! Hell yeah brother!
oh i'm late on this build but damn man this is gonna be sick
Great content, hit up the forums for where to go for anything you need. Audi tradition can get some things but have to ship to Canada then to the US. Plenty of good samaritans to help that process along. AAN is pretty stout but that motor looks like New England salt fest. Strip it down and blast/paint everything. 7A valve cover can be swapped over for more of an old school look as well.
Cheers and kept at it
ive made a set of coilovers on my 4000 quattro. there easy to make i used ground control springs and sleeves and stuff . i know im just some random dude on youtube but i have a 20v turbo 7a in my car running megasquirt 3 for engine management. if you really want pics i will send them
i mean pics of the coilovers
Definitely go to thr later knuckles. I always think of serviceability and ease of maintenance
This is awesome! I have both a 308 and a UR quattro. A good resource for old Audi parts is 2Bennett out of Davis, CA.
Also, please please please. Swap out the taillights with some tinted tails from a Coupe Gt, Because if those are Treser tails, you don't want to damage those while working on it.
They are probably worth more than the car if they are Treser taillights.
I'll DEFINITELY be picking up one of those steel driver sets!! I absolutely despise having to hunt a junk socket, or a drop piece of solid stock. Usually takes longer to find than to pop out a bearing, etc... THANKS for the link!! Hopefully it's affiliated so you get a lil taste of the top.
Loving the Audi episodes already!
thanks Mike!
You should look if you can get ETKA for your laptop. then you can see what the partnumbers are for your car by entering your vinnumber it shows it in a blueprint the part and car.
Dope build👍